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AIDS at 25
Twenty-five years have passed since the world learned about AIDS. The Daily News interviews medical professionals, researchers, social workers and those infected by HIV in Galveston County to get their perspective on battles won and lost along the way and where we go from here.
STDs increase risk of HIV exposure
Increased infection rates of new types of STDs have prompted concern among medical officials that these diseases could fuel the rise in HIV infections.
June 12, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
HIV/AIDS administration moves to Houston
County health administrators are concerned about the long-term implications of a recent decision by the state to streamline administration services for HIV/AIDS funding.
June 12, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
Experts: Prevention key to stopping HIV
The reticence to discuss safe sex is in jarring juxtaposition to the country’s rising tide of HIV infections and other sexually transmitted diseases.
June 10, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
Stigmas still linger for those with HIV
Monica Oliver felt as if her world was beginning to crumble. But at least, she thought, her father would understand.
June 04, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
Rate of infections rising in county, state
HIV infections are on the rise at an alarming rate, and creeping further into the heterosexual portion of society.
June 04, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
Vaccine uses synthetic HIV genes
Some medical trials are using the cold virus to try to prevent the spread of HIV.
May 28, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
AIDS research expands on several fronts
GALVESTON — Despite the continued rise in new HIV infections, the medical community is able to point to some triumphs in the fight against AIDS.
May 28, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
Researcher part of cutting-edge HIV study
GALVESTON — Miles Cloyd has studied the virus that causes AIDS for more than 20 years. His ideas were not always popular.
May 25, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
CDC to recommend HIV test for most Americans
More than 1 million Americans already live with HIV infection, and more than 40,000 more are exposed to the virus each year.
May 21, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
25 years later, AIDS still a concern
AIDS is no longer in the headlines every day, but experts are still worried about the disease's continued spread.
May 21, 2006 - News - By Greg Barr
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